ICSP8/UNFSA/INF.4/Rev Eighth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks Sources of available assistance for developing States and the needs of developing States for capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks Compilation prepared by the Secretariat * Summary The present compilation contains a list of sources of financial assistance and other available vehicles for assistance that could be accessed by developing States to increase their capacity in the conservation and management of fishery resources, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. It also contains information on the needs of developing States with regard to capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. The information is provided pursuant to a recommendation of the seventh round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (the Agreement), held in New York, 11 to 12 March 2008 (ICSP-7). * Updated on 26 May 2009. 1 ICSP8/UNFSA/INF.4/Rev Contents Page I. Introduction . 3 II. Sources of available assistance for developing States for the conservation and management of fishery resources, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks . 4-40 A. Information received from States and the European Community. 4-26 B. Information received from international financial institutions and 27-40 global and regional organizations, programmes and funds. 1. International financial institutions and global organizations, 27-37 programmes and funds . 2. Regional organizations, programmes and funds . 37-40 III. Needs of developing States for capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly 41-48 migratory fish stocks. Annexes I. List of respondents to the Secretariat’s requests for information. 49 2 ICSP8/UNFSA/INF.4/Rev I. Introduction 1. The seventh round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement, held in New York, from 11 to 12 March 2008 (ICSP-7), requested the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to compile a comprehensive list of sources of available assistance that could be accessed by developing States to increase their capacity to conserve and manage straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and promote a wider participation in the Agreement.† 2. Accordingly, the Secretariat sought information from all States regarding any fund, programme or other vehicle for capacity-building available in their country to assist developing States to build their capacity to conserve and manage fishery resources, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. Further, information was sought concerning the activities in respect of which assistance is provided, the types of assistance provided, any eligibility requirements to be met by recipients, and any other relevant information. Such information was also sought from international financial institutions and relevant global and regional organizations, programmes and funds. 3. In addition, the Secretariat sought information from developing States regarding their needs for assistance with respect to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, so that these needs were taken into account in the consideration of possible measures of assistance for developing States at future rounds of the informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement. 4. The present document contains, in table format, the information received pursuant to the aforementioned requests. Part II of the document contains information on sources of financial assistance and other available vehicles of assistance that could be accessed by developing States to increase their capacity in the conservation and management of fisheries resources, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. ‡ Part III contains information on the needs of developing States with regard to capacity- building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. § 5. A list of the respondents to the aforementioned requests for information appears in the annex to this document. † ICSP7/UNFSA/REP/INF.2, paragraph 78(iv). ‡ Additional information on available assistance to developing States may be found in the Study prepared by the Secretariat entitled “Available assistance to and measures that may be taken by developing States, in particular the least developed States and small island developing States, as well as coastal African States, to realize the benefits of sustainable and effective development of marine resources and uses of the oceans within the limits of national jurisdiction” (A/63/342), as well as the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Realization of benefits under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Measures undertaken in response to needs of States in regard to development and management of ocean resources, and approaches for further action” (A/46/722). § Additional information on the needs of States may be found in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Realization of benefits under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Needs of States in regard to development and management of ocean resources” (A/45/712). 3 ICSP8/UNFSA/INF.4/Rev II. Sources of available assistance for developing States for the conservation and management of fishery resources, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks A. Information received from States and the European Community Australia Mechanism(s) Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Primary vehicle for Australia to provide fisheries assistance to developing States, including capacity-building in the conservation and management of fish stocks. There is a focus on highly migratory fish stocks in the Pacific Forms of assistance Regional Recipient Developing State/ South Pacific Community (SPC) Organization Areas of assistance Funding for the SPC’s marine resource programmes, which provide complementary capacity in scientific assessments of stock structure and status to the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), and in coastal fisheries and aquaculture Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) AusAID Forms of assistance Regional Recipient Developing State/ FFA Organization Areas of assistance Funding for the FFA, which provides support for its members to participate in the negotiations of WCPFC, strengthening of national fisheries management capacity and tuna industry development, as well as monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) AusAID Forms of assistance Regional Partner : Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) Recipient Developing State/ Pacific island countries Organization Areas of assistance Cooperative programme providing technical assistance for preparation of submissions by Pacific island countries to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Also discussing potential programmes for delineation and publication of agreed exclusive economic zone (EEZ) boundaries, and seabed mapping of seamounts and other seabed structures for use in fisheries and resource management. Eligibility requirements No information provided 4 ICSP8/UNFSA/INF.4/Rev Mechanism(s) AusAID Forms of assistance Bilateral Recipient Developing State/ Papua New Guinea Organization Areas of assistance Strengthening of Kavieng Fisheries College Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) AusAID Forms of assistance Bilateral Recipient Developing State/ Samoa and Tonga Organization Areas of assistance Capacity-building in the Ministry of Fisheries and development of community- based management Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) AusAID Forms of assistance Bilateral Recipient Developing State/ Nauru and Kiribati Organization Areas of assistance Institutional strengthening programmes in small-scale fisheries: focus on the capacities of marine resource management agencies and departments with fisheries-related responsibilities, including strengthening MCS capacity and improvement of the performance of the Pacific Boat Patrol Programme Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Forms of assistance Bilateral Recipient Developing State/ Indonesia Organization Areas of assistance Capacity-building: development of fisheries management skills; port monitoring; and fisheries compliance Eligibility requirements No information provided Mechanism(s) DAFF and AFMA Forms of assistance Bilateral Recipient Developing State/ Mauritius Organization Areas